Posted by paxvox on October 26, 2001, at 16:48:44
In reply to Re: Could it be Anthrax?, posted by bboal on October 25, 2001, at 0:21:01
ANNNNNNHHHHHHHHT!
Wrong answers folks.
1 in 20 billion, that's your chance of getting an anthrax letter. If you are a USPS employee, as am I, and should you work in Washington or NYC, well...your chances change a bit. If you had anthrax with the symptoms you have decribed, you would already be dead. Anthrax, in its aerosolized form, especially the high-grade strain in Daschel's office, will kill you in 3-4 days w/o treatment.If you are worried still, get the Cipro, take it for 10 days.
We can't all be doing that, however, because a antibiotic-resistant mutation could develop, as it has in previously easily treated bacterial infections.
Don't panic, people!
Are you lined up for your flu shot because of the 20,000 people PROJECTED to die this flu season?
I'm sorry if I have offended anyone by this post, but I have dealt with hazmat for 20 years in the USPS, it was no big deal until now, you have NO IDEA what has ALWAYS been in your mail.
PAX
waiting for the mud-slingers
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